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GALATOBOUREKO
GREEK CUSTARD PASTRY
PASTRY
3250 grms of milk
1 cup sugar
1 spoon butter
75 grms simolina
225grms of rice flour
150 grms corn flour
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 kilo filo pastry
1 lb butter, melted
SYRUP
1700 grms
water
1240 grms sugar
1 cup honey
2 whole cloves
½ stick cinnamon
1 slice lemon
Heat milk and sugar in large saucepan; do not boil.
Stir in 1 spoon butter until melted. Add simolina
and the flours ,vanilia,slowly, stirring
constantly. Cook about 10 minutes until thickened. Remove from heat and
cool. Preheat
oven to 225°F. Butter the pan. Place 9-15
sheets of filo in bottom of
pan, brushing each layer generously with melted butter before placing next
layer on top. Spoon cooled filling over filo. Cover with 10-15 sheets of filo, brushing each layer with butter. Trim filo
edges to fit pan. Brush top well with butter. With sharp knife, score
pastry in diamond pattern. Bake for about 60 minutes until golden-colored. Prepare syrup. Combine
water, sugar, honey, cloves, cinnamon and lemon slice. Bring to a boil;
reduce heat and simmer about 20 minutes. Remove from heat, discard clove
and cinnamon. Allow to cool. Remove pastry from oven; let stand about 5
minutes. Pour cooled syrup over hot pastry. Allow to cool before serving.
From
Sarantis Vasilis
SARANTIS Restaurant
in Faliraki Rhodos Greece
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